EXCHANGE OF NOTES WITH K. A. ALFEROV[1]

Written:Written on June 4, 1920Published:First published in 1965 inCollected Works, Fifth Ed., Vol. 51.

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      Moscow,Volume 44,

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TO K. A. ALFEROV

ComradeAlferov,

IsTakhtamyshev in your service?Are you feeding him
badly?Why is he so thin and pale?

K. A. ALFEROV’S REPLY

Heis a member of the Supreme Board, lives oil the Soviet ration,
works unlimited hours.Alferov.

TO K. A. ALFEROV

Hemust be given ahigherration, one way or another.

Sucha situation can’t be tolerated. An exception must
be made.

[1]Lenin’sexchange of notes with Alferov took place at a meeting
of the Council of Labour and Defence on June 4, 1920, at which
Takhtamyshev was present.